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INTERESTING AND OTHERWISE (CLARENCE GRIFFIN) ! , Militia Musters I A feature of North Carolina life prior to 1870 that was eagerly antic ipated was the annual muster days. Almost from the birth of the nation militia companies were a part of ev ery well-organized community, not only in North Carolina, but in every state. All able-bodied men were sub ject to certain calls and practically all male citizens between certain ages, were members of these militia companies. For military purposes each county was divided into militia districts, every district having its own military company, which with others formed the county regiment. The regiments of the adjoining counties formed a brigade. The Legislature elected the generals and field officers and the organization was supervised by the Adjutant-Generkl and carefully kept up. Besides there were in many coun ties organized and disciplined mili tary companies, generally cavalry, ready for active service on emergen cy. The militia companies were re quired to meet, by law, and muster every year. The militia districts were later succeeded by the present town ship form in each county of the state. On muster days all persons liable to military service had to metet, be enrolled and muster. General Dav ie wrote a volume on military tactics, which was adopted and in use and doubtless at the musters there was drilling, so that the militia had some slight acquaintance with military dis cipline and commands. The militia therefore was in some measures an organized military force. It is to be mentioned that the free negroes w£re required to attend muster until re lieved of that duty. On different oc casions, because of threatened negro insurrections, the militia of several counties were called out. When the tocsin of war sounded in 1812 the militia regiments of the several coun ties were embodied and saw active service. In the early days of the county the || RADIO SERVICE Five years e*perience on all types B - |j! of sets. When your set is out of fil =■ order Phone 235 for repairs. USED CARS FOR SALE I have the following- car.-" for sale: 1 *27 Chevrolet Cabrolet 1 '26 Dodge Touring. 1 '27 Oldsmobile Sedan. 1 *27 Chevrolet Touring. 1 '26 Dodge Coupe. 1 '25 Dodge Touring. 1 Studebaker Touring. 1 Buick Touring. J. T. CAMP Phone 107 Moss Bldg FOREST CITY Rutherford County Maps Reduced to SI.OO Every school and every individual should have one of R. E. Carpenter's Ruth erford County Maps. This complete county map, made to sell at $2.00 can be purchased at this office for only SI.OO. Mailed to any address for $1.25 cash with order. Call at the Courier of fice and inspect this map ■--the best and most com' plete ever made. militia of Tryon and Rutherford counties, in conjunction with the mil itia of adjoining counties, were, on several occasions, called into service to guard against Indian uprisings. The militia, until 1860, was in some respects similar, in organiza tion, to our state National guard to day. The militia companies were found in every community of every county in the state, while today only a few of the centrally located towns of the state have National guard units. Arthur,, in his History of Western North Carolina, says: "On the sec ond Saturday of October, each year, there was a general muster at each county seat, when the various com panies drilled in batallion or regi mental formation, and each separate j company met on its local muster ground quarterly, and on the Fourth of July the commanding officers j met at the court house to drill. The Big Musters called most of the peo ple together, and there was much fun and many rough games to be guile the time away. Cider and ginger cakes were sold, and many men got ! drunk." An old newepaper, "The Western j Star of Liberty," published at Ruth-. erfordton, May 19, 1840, carries the , following advertisement: "Attention" "To all persons Belonging to Cap tain Camp's Company, are hereby commanded to appear at their usual muster grounds on the Fourth Day jof July next at 10 o'clock, a. m., i armed and equipped as the law di rects, otherwise the law will be in force against them." "W. A. CAMP", "Captain." The titles of captain, colonel and ! general were frequently applied to; individuals in the days prior to the j War Between the States. This is easily understood when we consider the number of military companies in a county, and the number of of- j ficers required to command each company, i>attalion or regiment. Just how many companies of mili- 1 tia existed in this county is difficult to determine. The number ran from about six to thirteen, as the exigen cies of the times demanded. Legis lature was frequently implored -to permit certain counties to increase their militia for various reasons, chief among them being the fear of a negro uprising. The officers of these companies were elected by the men to serve stated periods. Some of the most prominent men in the county were at one time connected with the. county militia in some of- j ficial position. General G. W. Logan, j afterwards superior court judge, and j Col. Thomas Jefferson sCre two that { comes to mind. The writer has an f aged manuscript in his possession, reading as follows: "This is to certify that 1 have examined William L. Griffin and in ; consequence of an injury that he received in the of his back ! when young, I am of opinion that he | is incapable of performing military j duty and. ought to be discharged. "January 2, 1826," "Dr. McEntire, Surgeon" 3rd Regiment." Rutherford County militia men were called upon for service in the j Indian removals of 1837, and some ' few went into the Mexican War, of 1848. The War Between the States broke up the various organizations over the state, and the Home guard of 1863 —65 were the nearest at tempt at reorganization. Holden's high handed methods of calling the militia into service fpllowing the Reconstruction brought the very name into disrepute. The changes in ' the Constitution and the change in i method of county government prac- | tically killed every vestige of the ' old militia organizations. A few years later the present National Guard system was inaugurated, which prob- j ably fills the requirements of home ' defense in a number of ways super ior to the old system. LOCAL JCIWAtfIS CLUB | ON ROLL AT HEADQUARTERS The Lieutenant-Governor of Divis ion No. 1 is in receipt of an official letter from Kiwanis International headquarters at Chicago, stating that | the report of the Forest City club , accomplishments has been given j proper placement on International I bulletin board where all visitors to headquarters may read and receive inspiration from the fine work that has been done by the local club. , °ad | to youngster just put to bed) "Now, what are you crying for?" Son: "I wanna drink." Dad: "So dov I; go to sleep." Subscribe to ?Tne Courier. • I THE FOREST CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1929 NEW HOMES AND BARNS WHEN CROPS ROTATED Raleigh, N. C., March 18.—rOne of the visible effects of 'following a good rotation of crops is the build ling of new homes and barns since i such rotations have been put into ef fect. "The success of sound crop rota tions is shown not only in bigger yields per acre and high net income | from the farm but also in the general | appearance of the farm as well," says E. C. Blair, extension agrono mist at State College. "Such farms look neater and are better cultivat ed. During the past several years, jwe have placed demonstrations with I farmers in most of the counties where county agents are at work. In these demonstrations, we have ap plied the principles of soil improve jment with legumes, fertilizers, ma nures and limestone to the whole farm in a practical way. Thirty three of these demonstrations have been running long enough to get the rotation well established. On these / 33 farms, 61 percent of the Culti vated land grew some sort of legume in 1928. The average for North Car olina is only 14 percent of the cul tivated land." Mr. Blair says that a farmer can not afford to suspend other farm pro jects to improve his soil. Therefore the rotation advocated allow an m come, either in the form of a money crop or feed -crop, from each culti vated acre each year. Meanwhile, le gume crops for turning under are in ter-planted with the income-produc ing crop, or else grown at a differ ent seasons of the year. On one farm, a twelve-acre field made .83 bushels of corn in 1924. This same field, after having a crop of lespedeza turned under, made 500 bushels in 1927. On the same farm, another twelve acres produced 240 bushels of corn in 1925 and 598 bushels in 1928 as a result of a crop rotation with legumes. To Make the Home Cheerful ' J ' The Windows Can Be MHIS" |HEB|H Tailored to Your Own The Keynote ggjKIB Windows Your windows can set the tempo BBBBSf" Draperies should be tailored as for your whole furnishing scherrfe. IIJHIB carefully as a fine suit of clothes, Their colors, the richness of their KjSWMB NSfflH if they are to look smart. 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There are delicate pat screens, wall hangings, etc. terns for Eighteenth Century They come in periods designs, r °oms, bold patterns for' Span floral, geometric and modern- ish and Early English, and istic patterns in all colors. modernistis designs. PETTY'S SHOPPE Just Around the Corner Forest City,, N. C. On farms where these rotations are followed, a surplus of feed is produc ed after two or three years and the amount of livestock is then increas ed. ELLENBORO FARMERS HEAR DR. JPOOLE AND PROF. FANT Ellenboro, March 18.— Doctor Poole and Professor Fant, disease ft specialists from the North Carolina [Experiment Statioi! at Raleigh, while inspecting sWeelt potatoes last Wednesday afternoon before meeting with Ellenboro sweet potato growers in the school building at night said: "The potatoes in the Ellenboro hous es are above the average of sweet potatoes stored in curing houses in both quality and in being free from disease.' Professor Fant who was first intro duced to the farmers by the local teacher of agriculture told the grow ers to use corrosive sublimate instead; of formaldehyde to treat sweet po-1 tato seed against surface diseases be fore bedding, and to soak the pota toes in the solution for fifteen min utes instead of eight to ten, the time suggested up to this year. The group j was informed that one ounce of cor rosive sublimate was the correct j amount to mix in eight gallons of i water. Then, Dr. Poole after being intro duced showed and explained many lantern slides of sweet potato diseas es with control for each, after which the meeting was given over to a round-table discussion of .sweet pota to growing, during which time he im parted much valuable information relative to sweet potato production. Nearly thirty were present des pite the inclement weather which prevailed at the time of the meet ing. Subscribe to The Courier. YOUNG MAN WALKED 600 MILES TO JOIN C. M. T. C. Walking and securing lifts from passing motorists over a distance of 600 miles was only a preliminary for Joe B. Webb of Lakeland, Fla., when he undertook to secure admission to the Citizens' Military Training Camp at Fort Screven, Georgia, last sum mer. Joe arrived at Fort Screven on June 17th, but had no orders to enroll in the camp. When he was ad vised by the camp authorities that he could not be enrolled without ord ers he immediately set out for Fort McPherson, Georgia, to secure this authority. He had no money so started walking, reaching Fort Mc- Pherson he secured the necessary au thority to enter the camp and start ed walking back to Fort Screven, some 300 miles away. Kind motoris ts gave him a lift here and there, and he reached Fort Screven only four days after the opening of the camp. His persistence, however, was not to be denied and the Camp Authori ties permitted him to enter the camp. Upon the conclusion of his camp period the Camp Officers reported that he had made an excellent record during the training period, but that was, of course, to lie expected of a young man who had displayed such "bull dogged" determination to se cure the benefits of these summer camps. RUTHERFORD SHOWS PROGRESS IN FQREST PROTECTION According to figures received from the District Forester's Office at Lenoir, the forest area destroyed by fire in the County has been decreas ed from 7354 acres, in the spring of 1926 to 854 acres m the spring of 1928. The number of fires for the same period also shows a de crease from 70 to 20. However, .these figures are still quite large and leave considerable ~ ^ — 7 ——— ; — ■ room for improvement.-With the co- operation of the public both the area burned over and the number of fires can be greatly reduced. Forest Officers throughout the County will prosecute any .parties found settnig out fires either malic iously or carelessly. These men have the right to arrest without warrant any persons they find committing such acts. I . - MISS LUCY CONLEY WEDS MR. CURTIS HARDIN Rutherfordton, March 18. —The ' many friends of Mr. G. Curtis Hard in will .be interested to learn that he was married Saturday afternoon March 9, in Erwin, Tenn., to Miss Lucy J. Conley. Rev. Sherwood, pas- l; tor of the First Baptist church per-*| formed the ceremony at the parson age which was witnessed by Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Robert Hodge, of this place. The briJe is the charming daugh ter of Mrs. Etta Conley of Bakers ville, N. C., and is a graduate nurse of the Rutherford Hospital. She also attended Berea College, Berca, • Ky. Mr. Hardin is the eldest son of Sheriff and Mrs. W. C. Hardin and was educated in the local schools. He has been a Deputy Sheriff for the past four years and is a well known and highly respected young man of sterling character. The happy couple took a motor trip to Johnston City, Tenn.. and other points, arriving here Tuesday night March 12. They will make their home in Rutherfordton. _The romance developed while the bride was in training at the Ruth erford Hospital. CINDERELLA'S I ■ -' Exquisite Footwear On The Square Shelby, N, C.
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